The week of October 13 - October 20, 2020
Macroeconomic News
- Ethiopian economy surpass $100B; Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.
- Ethiopia Registers 6.1 percent Economic Growth Last Fiscal Year: PM.
- Nation Taking Various Measures To Stimulate The Economy, Maintain Financial Transformation.
- Chinese companies invests over $1.1 bln in Ethiopia.
- Ethiopia Secures 500 Mil USD from FDI in Three Months.
- Nation Secures More than 832 Mil USD from Export Trade in 1st Quarter.
- South Korea Model for Economic Dev’t, Social Transformation, Says State Minister.
- More French Companies Keen to Invest in Ethiopia : French Ambassador.
- የሩብ ዓመቱ የበጀት ጉድለት ከአገር ውስጥ በተገኘ ብድር መሸፈኑ ተገለፀ (The quarterly budget deficit was wholly covered by domestic sources).
Sector News—Industry, Agriculture, Services
- Ethiopia Aspires to Lead African Industry in the Next 5 years.
- Tulu Moye power project gets USD 1.55 mln grant.
- PM Calls For Focus On GERD, Commends Off-Grid Energy As Part Of Electrification Scheme.
- RMI Announces $1M Grant For Rural Electrification In Ethiopia.
- Fruitbox Africa: Frankfurt investor and Siemens to create jobs in Ethiopia.
- Ethiopia, Kazakhstan Confer On Ways To Cooperate On Industrial Parks Development.
- Four Edible Oil Plants Start Trial Production.
- Ethiopia Eyes Attracting 500 Overseas Mining Investments.
- መንግሥት ኢንዱስትሪ ፓርኮችን መገንባት እንደሚያቆም አስታወቀ (Government to stop building industrial parks).
- GIZ, Authority Team up to Support Bamboo Makers.
- MIDROC Introduces Pivot Irrigation System to Ethiopia.
- MIDROC, Alkhorayef industries strike deal.
- ባለፉት ዘጠኝ ወራት ውስጥ 2 መቶ ሺህ ሄክታር መሬት ላይ የነበረ ሰብል በአንበጣ ወድሟል (Over 200K hectares of land has been destroyed by locusts over the past nine months).
- Desert Locust Affects Five Regions As Flooding Displaces 220,000 People.
- All-round Efforts Underway to Minimize Destruction by Desert Locust.
- The locust menace.
- Response in futility.
- China Donates Locust Control Equipment, Insecticide.
- EABC Donates Locust Control Equipment To Ministry Of Agriculture.
- State Firm Seals Deal to Design Groundwater Dams.
- The matrix of wheat bidders.
- MoTr Establishes Independent Council to Improve Service Quality.
- Report recommends formation of Mega cities, commence national service.
- Ethiopia Ought to Hail the New Frontier of AI.
- Koyesha Expected to Catch World Tourist Attention, Says Project Coordinator.
- በወጪና ገቢ ትራንስፖርት አገልግሎት ዘርፍ አምስት ሚሊዮን ሜትሪክ ቶን ዕቃ መጓጓዙ ተገለጸ (Five million metric tons of goods transported in the import & export sector).
- Premier: New park in Ethiopia creates 10,000 jobs.
- Grant From U.S. Embassy Supports New Business, Leadership Partnership Between Indiana, Ethiopia.
Financial News
- ZamZam Bank officially becomes the first IFB.
- ጎህ ባንክ በ2 ቢሊዮን ብር የተፈረመ ካፒታል ተመሠረተ (Goh Bank established with a subscribed capital of 1.2bn Birr).
- Dashen’s digital retail payment platform.
- Nib Expands ATM Network with NCR Brand.
- Ethiopia distributes 96 billion Birr new currency notes.
- Ethiopia’s New Currency Notes Brought a Million People Into Banking System.
- The progress of demonetization.
Policy and Regulatory News
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